The Neutral Gas Properties of Extremely Isolated Early-Type Galaxies III
arXiv:1904.04366 · doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab09f3
Abstract
We report on the neutral hydrogen gas content (21-cm emission) of eight extremely isolated early-type galaxies (IEGs) using the Green Bank Telescope. Emission is detected in seven of the eight objects. This paper is the third in a series that collectively present new HI observations for 20 IEGs. Among the 14 HI detections in our observations, eight exhibit a Gaussian-like HI line profile shape, four are double-peaked, one is triple-peaked, and another has a plateaued rectangular shape. Five additional IEGs observed in previous surveys were added to our analysis, bringing the total number of IEGs with HI observations to 25. Of these objects, emission is detected in 19 (76%). The 25 IEGs in our combined study have gas masses that are systematically larger than their luminosity-matched comparison galaxy counterparts. The isolated early-type galaxies presented here follow a trend of increasing gas-richness with bluer B-V colors. This correlation is also observed in a comparison sample drawn from the literature composed of loose group and field early-type galaxies. Two IEGs, KIG164 and KIG870, exhibit properties highly anomalous for spheroidal systems: luminous (M_B = -20.5, -20.1) and blue (B-V = 0.47, 0.48) respectively, with substantial neutral gas, M_HI = 4.1 & 5.5x10^9 M_(sun). Other IEG systems may represent early-type galaxies continuing to assemble via quiescent HI accretion from the cosmic web or relaxed merged systems.
arXiv comment11 pages; published in the Astronomical Journal
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